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Articles by Alison McKenzie-Folan
Ditch the red tape for relational working
By Anna Randle | 20 July 2026
Wigan’s relational approach shows how culture, trust and partnerships deliver better outcomes and...
People, purpose and power for a new era
By Rebecca Murphy | 03 April 2025
New partnership approaches are needed to tackle the challenges at the heart of local government, ...
Charting a New Era of change
By Anna Randle | 28 August 2024
Wigan’s new phase of reform will build on what remains radical and relevant from the Deal, while ...
Breathing new life into a cultural jewel
By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 17 January 2024
The power of culture is transforming a much-loved historic hall in Wigan. Once completed its impa...
Shaping a new era for Wigan Council
By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 03 February 2023
The Wigan Deal is a movement for change that rewrote the rules, says the council's chief executiv...
Turbo-charging our digital economy through inclusion
By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 10 October 2022
As the 2022 Solace Summit in Birmingham draws closer, Alison McKenzie-Folan says it is crucial th...
Cheering a public health champion
By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 08 August 2022
Professor Kate Ardern has retired after a stellar career in local government public health. Aliso...
Helping staff speak up on gambling
By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 13 October 2020
Wigan MBC is the first local authority in the country to sign a charter pledging to support emplo...
Light at the end of the uncertainty
By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 28 July 2020
Alison McKenzie-Folan describes how Wigan and Greater Manchester are sustaining arts and culture ...
Place-based principles' critical response is working
By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 01 April 2020
Alison Mckenzie-Folan explains how Wigan’s place-based model of integrated public service delive...
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